Sears Holdings Corp. is looking at moving outside its home state of Illinois due to operating costs, and has even been in early talks with Georgia, as the Business Chronicle previously reported. Now, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is sweetening the pot to keep companies at home, reports The Chicago Tribune.

According to the newspaper, Illinois is set to provide much more money in financial incentive programs to retain and add jobs, with the total through early May exceeding $230 million pledged to 27 companies. The newspaper reports the amount is nearly the amount pledged all of last year by Illinois to keep and add business.

Specific companies are not named in the new incentives packages due to nondisclosure agreements, and because some deals are not complete, but state officials clearly want to save Sears (Nasdaw: SHLD) and some other large employers that are being courted by Georgia, and neighboring states Indiana and Wisconsin, which are aggressively working to secure companies, the Chicago Tribune reports.